Short Poem Exercise

LimeyDawg · May 21, 2007

Okay, lets get short. Post your best, short poem (I'll leave the definition of short up to you.) In the vein (or is it vain, now, lol) of my "tongue" poems, the rules are simple. Describe a body part, any part, in the most poetic way possible...and in as few words as you can. (Dave's probably got a ton on the purple throbber) but have a go. Here's my fave short poem, which I've referenced often in the past as an example of showing over telling:

Artichoke

O heart, weighed down by so many wings.

Joe Hutchinson

Angelinity · May 21, 2007

and the purlple throbber's 'companion' ... (it's all limey's fault for bringing it up lol)

thorned lotus,
abysmal cave,
man's last
elusive
frontier

..tis what (approximately) an ol pal used to muse

...so now we covered the important parts lol... who's gonna do 'feet'?

scarletpeaches · May 21, 2007

Plates of meet
that smell of cheese
they have me beat
now wash them, please.

scarletpeaches · May 21, 2007

My nose
can smell a rose
and davids' toes.

Angelinity · May 21, 2007

index

i point, beckon,
negate and ballet,
possess first-hand knowledge of
places none would tread
and i hold secrets
none of you want shared.

Angelinity · May 21, 2007

sheesh... i ain't a body part... (am I -- oh in the scheme of things i is

)

HIP

catches the eye
of man lust
sister envy

Ganesha · May 21, 2007

~5 Finger OM~

index, the leader
saturn ponders index
ring in-love
baby, well, will always be baby
thumb a many dexterous thing

index & thumb
marriage of Jupiter & Sun
Om- slipping through my fingers

NeuroFizz · May 21, 2007

I am but a finger
searching for
your leaky dike.

Stew21 · May 21, 2007

necklace trails
down gentle slope

the braided silver
sparks his hope

that he may see
it to the end

as well as the breasts
it lays between.

LimeyDawg · May 21, 2007

Wow. I was only gone for an hour...

Stew21 · May 21, 2007

davids said:
TITS

A-breast of the situation

way to milk it, Daves.
such titilating conversation...
brings back fond mammories.

NeuroFizz · May 21, 2007

Gland to see all the punnery.
Adipose to catch my breath on such a jiggly topic.
It's stupendulous.

Angelinity · May 21, 2007

tit

allure of mother's milk
womanly musk - the scent
shall never leave his nose,
a hound for comfort,
sweet repose.

NeuroFizz · May 21, 2007

Impossibility of Man (A Belly Slapper)

All male things impossible,
'tis to look cool
while walking to beloved
across the room, naked
with excitement full

Stew21 · May 21, 2007

Palm

touched

...to another - offered peace
...to child's head - parental love
...to heart - my oath

NeuroFizz · May 21, 2007

I've flushed too man troilets,
nearly passed out from my stenchly odes
But iambic once again,
after all, trying still.

LimeyDawg · May 21, 2007

Hairs on the back of her neck

Patrons to my play,
appraise my whispered oration
in standing ovation
of admiration.

Stew21 · May 21, 2007

aching from ibuprofen
and a lifetime of drinking gin
his poor liver revved it's motor
jumped out to find a donor.

Stew21 · May 21, 2007

Lower back

spine indents,
back spreads to hips.
Oh, to touch it
with his fingers and lips
and would but for the scroll of ink;
a name colored orange, red, and pink.
another man's name on her tat
ain't no way he's touching that.

dclary · May 21, 2007

webbed toes make ten
look
like
nine
and yet I do not quack

Stew21 · May 21, 2007

Flip-Off

That one finger
could say so much
by standing its ground
while the others fold.

oneiopen · May 22, 2007

Two lips lingering

Curved pink petals parted,
pressed, tasting skin.

oneiopen · May 22, 2007

Nipple

Cylinder of pleasure teased
by fingertip, tongue and lip.

Stew21 · May 22, 2007

Shoulders

Upon strong shoulders
young child perched atop the world -
Dad's eagle nest view

Ganesha · May 22, 2007

my left hand
waved
to my right

Short Poem Exercise

LimeyDawg

Scars are poems too

Angelinity

absent

scarletpeaches

scarletpeaches

Angelinity

absent

Angelinity

absent

Ganesha

con·ver·sa·tion·al·ist

NeuroFizz

The grad students did it

Stew21

LimeyDawg

Scars are poems too

Stew21

NeuroFizz

The grad students did it

Angelinity

absent

NeuroFizz

The grad students did it

Stew21

NeuroFizz

The grad students did it

LimeyDawg

Scars are poems too

Stew21

Stew21

dclary

Unabashed Mercenary

Stew21

oneiopen

oneiopen

Stew21

Ganesha

con·ver·sa·tion·al·ist